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:) you have to be one of the few left who actually read my journals

ah I read most of the Journals when I get notices

My new job leaves me with much less spare time, which is s pity because I'd like to keep up with your journals and gallery more often Redtail.

Looking forward to meeting you in just over a month from now.

as I do you :) we can sit and 'talk shop' on our common subject

Trains? That would be great.

I don't know if there will be time during FurDu, or even if the rooms we have at The Outrigger have DVD players, but I might try to bring up some train-related DVDs. Have you seen...?

* The train crash scene at the end of the 1977 film Silver Streak? (Although you could probably find it through Google - it's fairly well known).
* Day of the Roses, the mini-series about the investigation into the Granville Train Disaster? (Includes a reinactment of the crash)
* The scene in The Titfield Thunderbolt where the two drunk guys accidentally drive a small steam locomotive off the tracks and through the streets of a town?
* Buster Keaton's "The General"? - Silent B & W comedy about the theft of a steam locomotive during the American civil war.


I'll have to see what else is in my small collection.

If I ever... ever get the means to resurect my webcomic (like if I win the lottery and can retire) then your knowledge of trucks could be helpful too, as I want to have a few scenes involving big rigs as well.

i had the General on VHS once, love the Titfield thunderbolt and i have a couple of DVDs of my own, one on the preserved steam locomotives of the LMS and one on the Southern railways in the UK. They were done for the 'great british locomotives' magazine series and are subscriber only dvds

also, in terms of your comic, my knowledge is at your disposal :)